Men’s Golf Wins 2025 MAAC Championship, Burke ’28 Claims McLeod Trophy as Individual Champion

Burke was also named the MAAC Rookie of the Year and Doug Holub was tabbed as Coach of the Year.

With a final round score of 287 (-1) this past Saturday at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course, Fairfield University Men's Golf Program surged to the top of the leaderboard to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship for the first time since 1997. The Stags were led by Tadgh Burke ’28, who brought home the McLeod Trophy as the individual MAAC Champion.

Fairfield won the title by two strokes over Sacred Heart, outgunning the Pioneers by seven shots on Friday and two more on Saturday to overcome a mid-pack showing in Round 1.

Burke, who was also named the MAAC Rookie of the Year, is the seventh Stag on the men’s side to hoist the McLeod Trophy as individual MAAC Champion and the second in three years (Killian McGinley, 2023). Including Maria Beltran M’24 for the Fairfield women last season, a Stag has won the honor in three consecutive campaigns.

Also contributing on the course this past weekend, Colin Summers ’25 finished 11th in the field. Peter Crowe ’27 placed 14th, Chase Millar ’25 was 22nd and Rasmus Ditzinger ’28 slotted 25th as all five competing Stags were among the top 25 of the 65-golfer field.

Doug Holub, director of Fairfield Golf, earned the MAAC Men's Coach of the Year Award for the second time, to go along with three MAAC Women's Coach of the Year selections in his career. He made history in 2021 as the first coach to win both awards in the same season. Holub is assisted by Sara LaTerza and Shane DeVincenzo ’23.

Fairfield Men's Golf will participate in the NCAA Championship as a team for the first time. The regional fields will be announced on Wednesday, April 30, at 1 p.m. live on the Golf Channel.

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